diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
index 181e3b188..0c171e1c8 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/vm.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ let
           neededForBoot = true;
           options = [ "trans=virtio" "version=9p2000.L" "cache=loose" ];
         };
+        boot.initrd.systemd.enable = true;
       }
     ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
index b28bf1ebe..9ac0e8c84 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/run.py
@@ -59,14 +59,16 @@ def qemu_command(
     xchg_dir: Path,
     secrets_dir: Path,
     disk_img: Path,
+    wayland: bool,
 ) -> list[str]:
     kernel_cmdline = [
         (Path(nixos_config["toplevel"]) / "kernel-params").read_text(),
         f'init={nixos_config["toplevel"]}/init',
         f'regInfo={nixos_config["regInfo"]}/registration',
         "console=ttyS0,115200n8",
-        "console=tty0",
     ]
+    if not wayland:
+        kernel_cmdline.append("console=tty0")
     # fmt: off
     command = [
         "qemu-kvm",
@@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ def run_vm(
             xchg_dir=xchg_dir,
             secrets_dir=secrets_dir,
             disk_img=disk_img,
+            wayland=vm.wayland,
         )
 
         if vm.wayland: